HaydenHawk56
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If we could only snag Bobby, even for a few years. Guy comes back to the game and they put 560 yards of offense on Oregon. Will we hit 250 on New Years Day?
Write your amount Bobby Stoops
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If we could only snag Bobby, even for a few years. Guy comes back to the game and they put 560 yards of offense on Oregon. Will we hit 250 on New Years Day?
Fryowa
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Sorry, we don’t need a coach with only 2-3 years to give. The carousel can work for a blue blood, but it can’t work at a middle of the road team like Iowa.
We need stability and consistency. Our best recruits have said numerous times over the years that stability in the coaching staff is what drew them to Iowa. Iowa is a developmental program because it has to be, and you can’t be a developmental school with short coaching tenures. Would I like to have a 45 year old Mark or Bob Stoops? Absolutely. But they don’t have a lot of years left, unfortunately.
The answer for Iowa IMO, which—sadly—isn’t going to happen, is to get LeVar Woods in the OC spot for 4-5 years and steer him into the HC role. Program player, program coach, played under Fry, coached under Kirk, NFL experience, HUGELY successful recruiter, Iowa native, family man, produced some of the country’s best TEs when he was coaching them, produced the best overall ST units in the country so far in that role…
Hear this, Hawk fans. LeVar Woods is going to be a HOF caliber college head coach at some point in his career. A guy like that is not going to stay a special teams coach and other programs will have them on their coordinator short lists. Failing to make him be that coach at Iowa for another 25 years will be the ultimate blunder and downfall of Hawk football. And it will be because Kirk is too stuck on Brian becoming HC. Write that down, fellas.
Write it down.
Missed that boat I'm afraid.
99topdawg
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I wish I could remember who it was or would've screenshotted it, but a recent player tweeted the pic of Woods and his family on the field after the PSU game with the hashtag #heirapparent. I've thought a lot about it and it would be nice to get him in the OC role like you said, but as far as I'm concerned, a special teams coordinator can move to head coach. Hopefully the AD realizes this. Also hope KF doesn't sabatage it in favor of son. After all he'd done, KSU still didn't hire Snyder's son when he retired and Bill was pissed.
Glass1/2fullguy
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Agree w/ the your second paragraph for sure. The coaching carousel doesn’t even work for blue bloods. See USC, see FSU, see MICH, see PSU, see NEB, see TX, etc. I think the transfer portal is going to actually create more parity than ever before in college football. And because of the portal coaching stability is also going to be more important than ever before, even for the blue bloods. I understand Clemson & Alabama have had a lot of other things going for them besides a good head coach but one thing that’s been consistent for them is having the same HC. Regarding Woods becoming the next HC at Iowa, the main reason why I like it is he’s been a part of the Iowa program for his whole life. He understands what it takes to be successful at Iowa cause he’s lived it. Lived it on the field and on the sidelines. Now can he be a great HC? That’s the question but one thing we do know is the man can coach.
The main question for ADs is does Lavar Woods, or any first time head coach, show and have head coaching attributes and skills right now. Organizational skills (he has been around top coaches for a long time to learn those skills), human relations skills related to being a head coach (has to be better than Urban), what is his offensive philosophy and can he hire a really good OC, can he close the recruiting deal with young men.
If he has really good head coach skills and he has Parker on defense he would just need to have a really good offensive philosophy and get that really good OC. Woods would hire a really good STeams coach and maybe input ideas himself.
I expect Kirk to coach at least another 4-5 years. He just looks like he still loves it and he just loves being around the young men and molding them as individuals and into a team. So Brian has time to go head coach somewhere else and prove he has the chops. We shall see.
HaydenHawk56
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If Woods is not allergic to the forward pass and scraps the outside zone running scheme I would be all for it.
I would still take Bobby if Ferentz stepped down tomorrow (not happening). He could keep Woods on his staff along with everyone else (reassign JR if he wants to hang around).
Woods would be my top choice as well. Once he was hired, I thought he would be the best person for the job.
NCHawker
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Lets do this, just let me know the next time he's in Iowa City to visit (this summer) I'll buy a case of beer and he can sit for a beer with Kirk and talk to him about why offense is important and give him a few ideas .
I just don't think Kirk thinks offense is all that important.
I just don't think Kirk thinks offense is all that important.
SmokeTownHawk
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The only way I want Bobby is for AD. Period.
NCHawker
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SCHawkeye2
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And bring your brother...
Both won this bowl season
Both won this bowl season
tweeterhawk
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Screw Stoops. Lure Dave Aranda away from Baylor. The guy’s a leader, the real deal.
HaydenHawk56
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Write your amount Part 2 Bobby Stoops:
Hell, I would even take him and make him the highest paid offensive coordinator in the country. The guy is clearly a Hawkeye Homer.....if Kirk would only make that call and they would restructure coaching assignments and pay.......maybe even Kirk could restructure his pay check to afford him....it is not like he needs the money.
Kick Ken to the curb....he is worthless....use that pay to also help bring in Bob.
Demote son to a line job and pay him less....but he also has less responsibilities and he can be paid really well still.
Reward Woods with a slight pay increase (from Brian's reduced cut)
Reward Phil with a slight pay increase (from Brian's reduced cut)
Kirk...use some of his salary to pay Bob
or...if they have the extra cash....do it Barta and bring him in.
That would be north of 2.5 million, but having Kirk and Bobby working together to try to rule the Big Ten...even for one big run.....wouldn't that be something? Maybe it would even lighten Kirk's workload some having a winner like Bobby on staff.
Kirk can retire in a couple of years, Bobby can take over and then decide what to do with Brian.
Fantasy land but my goodness....it is not like Bob is hugely tied down to things right? Pay him more than his studio job.....if he can help take Iowa his former school to greater heights I would think that would be a great honor.
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hwkifan4evs
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The biggest mistake this team has made was letting Tim Polasek get away. That guy was an OC/QB coach at NDSU and they hired him to coach O-Line. Then they let him leave to be OC at Wyoming. They could've easily made him the OC in '17 instead of giving it to Jr. Jr was announced as the OC in January and they hired Polasek in February. Wyoming was higher than Iowa this year in scoring offense, total offense, and 3rd down conversions.
